Baling-press.



W. R. TAYLOR.

BALING PRESS.

APPLIOAIION FILED MAY 28, 1009.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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WILLIAM R. TAYLOR, OF WINNSBORO, LOUISIANA.

BALING-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 19, 1910.

Application filed May 28, 1909. Serial No. 498,922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM R. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at VVinnsboro, in the parish of Franklin, State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to baling presses and more especially to the operating gear therefor.

One object of the invention is to provide an operating gear which shall be so arranged that the plunger may make double the number of strokes in substantially the same time and without increasing the speed of the plunger during compression, the mechanism being arranged for a rapid return of the.

plunger at each compression stroke.

Another object of the invention is to provide an operating gear having the above arrangement with an improved form of check so that the parts may be brought slowly to rest thus preventing undue jars caused by the rapid retraction of the plunger.

With the above and other objects in view as will be hereinafter apparent, the inven tion consists in general of a hay press provided with a compressing plunger arranged for rapid retraction. I

The invention further consists in certain novel details of arrangement and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, like char acters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and :Figure 1 is a top plan view of the invention showing the parts in one position. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts in the position assumed during one portion of the retraction of the plunger. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the device. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of the pitman.

The press forming the present invention is provided with the usual baling chamber 10 and feed chute 11. This balmg chamber has furthermore an end gate 12 removably secured in any desired manner as by the latch 13. The press is further provided with the usual sliding plunger 14 and the plunger 14 and head 12 are provided with wiring grooves 15.

Coming now to the operating gear which forms the distinguishing feature of this invention, the frame of the press is extended forward as indicated at 16 and this forward extension consists of spaced side bars connected by an end block 17. Adjacent the hopper 11 the members 16 are connected by a cross piece 18 provided with an opening. 19 therethrough and through this opening 19 extends a sliding bar 20 to the rear end of which is attached the plunger 14. The other end of this sliding bar is provided with a suitable connection here indicated as a bolt 21 to which is attached a cable 22 which passes over a sheave 23 rotatably mounted in a slot 24 formed in the end block 17 and upon the lower end of this cable 22 is carried a weight 25. This weight is intended to operate in a suitable pit or the like formed in the ground at the forward end of the machine and immediately under the weight.

Upon the plunger 14 is a bracket 26 and carried by the bracket 26 and bar 20 is a pin 27 whereto is pivoted one end of a pitman 28. At the forward end of this pitman are mounted plates 29 which are secured to the top and bottom faces of the pitman end by means of suitable bolts 30. These plates 29 project over the end of the pitman and are provided with opposed openings 31 adapted to receive a pin 32 whereon is mounted a roller 33. Pivoted on the end members 17 is an operating lever 34 and this operating lever has its rearward face recessed and the inner face of this recess is cambered so that the operating lever is widened at the pivot point. F urthermore, the corners of the recess are rounded off to the same radius as the roller 33. One end of this lever is extended as shown at 35 and upon this extended end is mounted a clevis 36 which is adapted to be connected with a swingletree for the purpose of hitching a horse to the operating lever.

For the purpose of supporting the upper end of the pivot pin and preventing the great strain brought thereagainst from bending the pin the upper end of this pin is connected to the frame of the press by means of a brace rod 37.

In order to guide the pitman 28 there is provided above the cross bar 18 a bar 38 which extends over the pitman and the pitman moves between the cross bar 18 and the bar 38. This bar 38 is supported on suitable members 39 and each of these members 39 has attached to the front part of the inner face thereof a resilient bar 40.

In the operation of the device the parts are positioned as indicated at Fig. 1 and the end gate placed in position. A charge of hay is then placed in the feed hopper and pushed down into the baling chamber. The draft animal being attached the lever is moved in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1 and the pitman 28 is pushed forward as the roller rests in the rounded corner of the recess. This, of course, pushes forward the plunger and raises the weight. As soon as the parts assume a position similar to Fig. 2 the roller end of the pitman swings across as shown in Fig. 2 and the weight 25 causes the plunger to be retracted rapidly, this retraction of the plunger moving the pitman still farther across the lever until it brings up against the resilient stop 4L0 on the opposite side. The horse is then turned around while a fresh charge of hay is being placed in the hopper and the lever is then moved in the direction opposite to that in which it was previously moved. This repeats the operation of compression and the pitman then swings to the original position.

It is thus seen that the operating lever and pitman are so constructed that they permit of a rapid retraction of the plunger thus enabling the device to make nearly double the number of strokes possible where the pitman and operating lever are rigidly connected.

There has thus been provided a simple and efficient device of the kind described and for the purpose specified.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of this invention without departing from the material principles thereof. It is not therefore desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wished to include all such as properly come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a hay press, an oscillating lever, a reciprocating plunger, a pitman connected to the plunger and arranged for free move ment along the lever, and resilient stops arranged to contact with and limit the movement of said lever.

2. In a hay press, an oscillating lever, a reciprocating plunger, a pitman connected to the plunger and arranged for free movement along the lever, and means on the lever to positively limit the extent of said movement and resilient stops upon the hay press arranged to contact with said pitman and prevent violent contact thereof with the limiting means on the lever.

3. In a hay press, an oscillating lever, a reciprocating plunger, a pitman pivoted to the plunger and provided at its free end with a roller bearing against the lever, means on the lever to limit the extent of movement of the pitman, and resilient stops arranged to contact with the sides of said pitman and prevent violent contact of the roller with the limiting means.

4. In a hay press, an oscillating lever provided with a recessed face, a reciprocating plunger, and a pitman pivoted to the plunger and arranged for free movement along the recessed face of the lever, and resilient stops arranged to contact with said pitman and prevent violent contact thereof with the end of the recess.

5. In a hay press, an oscillating lever provided with a recessed face, a pivot for said lever located intermediate the portion of the lever lying behind the recessed face, a reciprocating plunger, a pitman pivoted to the plunger and provided at its free end with a roller bearing against the recessed face of the lever and arranged for free movement therealong, resilient stops arranged to contact with said pitman and prevent violent contaet of the roller with the end of the recess, and means to retract said plunger, said means being operatively connected to the plunger.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

IVILLIAM R. TAYLOR.

Witnesses H. R. Soorr, D. W. ENSMINGER. 

